Thomas County cat., 1887-04-21
Mud, rain, rain. mud.

Crowds 60 west to Lowell every day.
Drenching and soaking rain Monda.
night.
Geo. H. Hyatt is on the sick list thi
week.
w. C. Miller is back from Potomac
Illinois,
Oberlin hacks are all loaded dOwl
again every day.
Josiah Rhoten. of Scio, Kans. was ir
the city Tuesday.
Cornelius McGreevy is clerking in NJ
DOnelan's store now
Messrs WinslOw. Hanna and Fell, OF
OtterbOurne, called Monday.
The boom shows that Martin Bros. &
Go. know how to advertise, and that i,
pays.
Elder Franklin. of Ute, Sheridan coun-
ty. Kansas. is here, visiting Elder F. NJ.
Stewart.
Messrs Stine. cousins of BaZel Cur
well, went back to Nemaha county Kas.,
last week.
Chas. Buschow, president of Farmers
and Merchants Bank, came in from Red
Cloud Monday.
The festive soap man is around, and
the suckers bite. One fellow lost $25.
He aint out of soap but out of money.
now.
Much more rain than in Nebraska or
eastern Kansas. Western Kansas will go
ahead OF eastern Kansas this year as it
did last.
VIM. WoOdcOCk lost good horse few
days since This is the second horse
within six months. Rather hard luck for
him.
Rev. Falter. German Methodist, will
prerch at the court house in Colby, Kas..
at 3 p. m. May 9Th. 1887 All are cord
tally invited.
Frank II. Smith came down from Col
by Thursday evening after Mrs. Dr. Bar
iteau. He told us Friday morning that
their little girl is seriously i'll with, he
thinks. bilious fever.-Eye.
J. B. Ennis. chief owner of Ennis City.
c. S. MOrey, cashier of Farmers and
Merchants Bank. Scandia. and W. Ho-
bert, son of Hobert of Russell Springs
Record. were in the city Monday.
Two large stores, j0x5O. are going up
up in Lowell. Col, right away. and two
hardware stores have already located
there Lumber is furnished mt whole
sale rates at Lowell.
DR.. Edwards is back. He drove over
land from Nemaha county, Kansas, and
was eleven days in coming. He says he
wanted to see the country but would not
make such a trip again.
DR.. Edwards is back. He drove over
land from Nemaha county, Kas., and
was eleven days in coming. He says he
wanted to see the country, but would not
make such a trip again.
The Farmers hotel has just been en-
tirely refitted in grand shape. The rooms
now are all calcimined, and the very best
table is set. Mr.. Seth Sockwell makes a
large share of patronage.
Born. Saturday. April 10Th, 1887, to
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dayton. girl. All
parties doing finely. Mr. Dayton lives
southwest of Colby. Mrs. Dayton is
sister of B. n. Bancroft the fruit tree
man of Fairbury nursery.
Kaub & Smith have Just received
Hall safe as premium for ordering the
largest grocery stock of anyone in Colby.
for last six months That speaks much
for their enterprise and push. and the
volume of business they do.
j. B. McGonigars houses took a run
away Tuesday morning. Starting from
near X. NJ. McGonigars house. they
hn,f "a onA osrc1oA
to Newell House, where VIM. Northrup
caught them on as keen run as the mud
would allow. No damage done.
Ed Hall has plowed the west half of
his block northwest of Methodist church.
and planted it to trees of various kinds.
catalpa. Russian mulberries, maple and
evergreens. and numerous others which
we forget. Mr.. Hall is progressive in
every way.
We are told that the other day that w.
G. L. Beard, Register of the Wa-Keeney
land Office, said publicly in drug store
in Wa-Keeney that no id son of b.
of travelling man had any right to take
government land. As a consequence all
travelling men are boycotting the Cleve
land Hotel of which Beard is proprietor.
=. r. WORCESTER IctuIucO rTlOay from
Kansas City He bought new PrOuty
power press. Gordon jobpress, and big
line of type. and he has splendid outfit. |
Mr.. Worcester goes to Lowell this week. |
He ranks first in the roll of journ alists. |
and will moke Lowell boom in dead
earnest.
A short time before the passage af the !
commerce law, Mr.. Charles !
Francis Adams made the statement that. /
If it were not for the free pass stem,
the railroads could reduce their passen-
ger rates 10 per cent. Ever since the bill
went into effect we have been waiting
to see this reduction inaugur-
ated by the Union Pacific. Why this de-
lay, Mr.. Adams !-Kansas City Journal.